STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Today's historic page is from September 8, 1928. Seventeen-year-old Vivian Ventre jumped from her third-floor apartment on Canal Street, Stapleton, after being set ablaze while attempting to clean a dress with gasoline. Police Officer Antonio Ransero and Fireman Eugene McFadden were overcome by smoke after trying to rescue the girl, who jumped before they could reach her.